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Is the 1939 Cancer Act Fit for Purpose in the Modern Technology Era?

7. mai 2026 oppdatert av: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

The 1939 Cancer Act in the UK (England & Wales) prohibits advertising of cancer treatments to the public, by anyone but the NHS. The rise of the internet and social media presents new challenges to its enforcement and raises questions about unintended consequences for patients being treated for cancer.

Through anonymous surveys, this study aims to understand how patients, healthcare professionals and industry professionals perceive technological changes and their implications for online and social media cancer care information, as well as highlight opportunities for safe and ethical modernisation.

Studieoversikt

Status

Rekruttering

Forhold

Detaljert beskrivelse

This study will be inviting patients who have recently received treatment for cancer to participate in a single survey, about their experiences of online and social media information during their cancer journey and their views on the current law. Healthcare professionals who work with cancer patients will also be invited to participate in their own variation of this survey.

Studietype

Observasjonsmessig

Registrering (Antatt)

Kontakter og plasseringer

Denne delen inneholder kontaktinformasjon for de som utfører studien, og informasjon om hvor denne studien blir utført.

Studiesteder

Storbritannia
- - Truro, Storbritannia
    - Rekruttering
    - Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust
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      RCHT Sponsor RCHT Sponsor
      
      Telefonnummer: 01872 255117 01872 255117
      
      E-post: rcht.sponsor@nhs.net

Deltakelseskriterier

Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

Voksen
Eldre voksen

Tar imot friske frivillige

Prøvetakingsmetode

Ikke-sannsynlighetsprøve

Studiepopulasjon

Adults geographically resident in England or Wales, who have recent experience in receiving or providing cancer treatment.

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients/Relatives:

UK residents (England and Wales ONLY).
Have been treated for a cancer within the last three years.
Aged 18 or over.
Can complete the survey themselves or have it completed on their behalf by a friend or family member (with the patient's permission).

Healthcare Professionals:

UK-based professionals in the healthcare industry.
Working with patients diagnosed with cancer.
Consulting with patients at least once a month or more frequently.
Aged 18 or over.

Exclusion Criteria:

No explicit exclusion criteria are defined within provided materials, therefore any individual not meeting the inclusion criteria will be excluded.

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

Antall grupper / kohorter

Kohorter og intervensjoner

Gruppe / Kohort
Patient participants- UK residents (England and Wales ONLY). Aged 18 or over. Have been treated for a cancer within the last three years. Can complete the survey themselves or have it completed on their behalf by a friend or family member (with the patient's permission).
Healthcare Professionals (UK-based professionals in the healthcare industry.) Aged 18 or over. Working with patients diagnosed with cancer. Consulting with patients at least once a month or more frequently.

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål	Tiltaksbeskrivelse	Tidsramme
Is the 1939 Cancer Act fit for purpose in the current digital era? Tidsramme: The study will be open for 6 months	The survey uses factual single-choice items, multiple-response items and mainly Likert-scale attitude questions. Themes of questions and reported outcomes are: Current use of online information for cancer: report descriptively. Reasons for not using online/social media information. Report proportions and themes of free-text question. Private healthcare information access. Report descriptively. Following outcomes will have numerically-codes Likert scales with report of mean and standard deviation: Perceived adequacy of cancer information Confidence in evaluating online cancer information Attitudes toward the Cancer Act 1939. Support for modernising the Cancer Act, Attitudes toward direct-to-patient advertising and advertising of alternative treatments Views on digital misinformation issues Overall view on reform. Assesses whether the Cancer Act needs reform; treat as an ordinal outcome with statistical testing (Kruskall Wallis test, P value, SD).	The study will be open for 6 months

Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere

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Sponsor

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Samarbeidspartnere

University of Warwick

Studierekorddatoer

Disse datoene sporer fremdriften for innsending av studieposter og sammendragsresultater til ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieposter og rapporterte resultater gjennomgås av National Library of Medicine (NLM) for å sikre at de oppfyller spesifikke kvalitetskontrollstandarder før de legges ut på det offentlige nettstedet.

Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

9. januar 2026

Primær fullføring (Antatt)

30. mai 2026

Studiet fullført (Antatt)

30. mai 2026

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

28. april 2026

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

7. mai 2026

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

13. mai 2026

Oppdateringer av studieposter

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